@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/**
+ * `wraps email logs list --limit <n>`: the space form and the `=` form must
+ * reach the API identically. Before the fix, `--limit -1` lost its value to
+ * the arg parser, so the request silently fell back to the API default.
+ */
+
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { parseCliArgs } from "../../utils/shared/arg-parser.js";
+
+vi.mock("@clack/prompts");
+vi.mock("../../utils/shared/api-target.js", () => ({
+  resolveApiTarget: vi.fn(),
+  checkApiTarget: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+import {
+  checkApiTarget,
+  resolveApiTarget,
+} from "../../utils/shared/api-target.js";
+import { emailLogsList } from "../email/logs.js";
+
+const argv = (...args: string[]) => [
+  "node",
+  "wraps",
+  "email",
+  "logs",
+  "list",
+  ...args,
+];
+
+/** Mirrors the router in cli.ts: parsed flags are passed straight through. */
+async function runLogsList(...args: string[]): Promise<URL> {
+  const { flags } = parseCliArgs(argv(...args));
+  await emailLogsList({ limit: flags.limit, status: flags.status });
+  const [url] = vi.mocked(fetch).mock.calls[0] as [string, unknown];
+  return new URL(url);
+}
+
+describe("email logs list — --limit with a negative value", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.mocked(resolveApiTarget).mockResolvedValue({} as never);
+    vi.mocked(checkApiTarget).mockReturnValue({
+      ok: true,
+      target: { apiBase: "https://api.example.test", token: "t" },
+    } as never);
+    vi.stubGlobal(
+      "fetch",
+      vi.fn(async () => ({
+        ok: true,
+        status: 200,
+        json: async () => ({ logs: [], total: 0, nextCursor: null }),
+      }))
+    );
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.unstubAllGlobals();
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it("sends the same limit for --limit -1 as for --limit=-1", async () => {
+    const spaced = await runLogsList("--limit", "-1");
+    const attached = await runLogsList("--limit=-1");
+    expect(spaced.searchParams.get("limit")).toBe("-1");
+    expect(attached.searchParams.get("limit")).toBe("-1");
+  });
+});
@@ -241,3 +241,103 @@ describe("parseCliArgs — workflows push slug", () => {
     expect(extraPositionals).toEqual([]);
   });
 });
+
+describe("parseCliArgs — negative numeric values", () => {
+  const argv = (...args: string[]) => ["node", "wraps", ...args];
+  const base = ["email", "logs", "list"];
+  const parse = (...rest: string[]) => parseCliArgs(argv(...base, ...rest));
+
+  it.each([
+    ["--limit -1", ["--limit", "-1"], "-1"],
+    ["--limit -5", ["--limit", "-5"], "-5"],
+    ["--limit -0.5", ["--limit", "-0.5"], "-0.5"],
+  ])("consumes %s as the value of the string flag", (_label, tokens, value) => {
+    const { flags, sub, extraPositionals } = parse(...tokens);
+    expect(flags.limit).toBe(value);
+    expect(sub).toEqual(base);
+    expect(extraPositionals).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("parses --limit=-1 exactly as --limit -1 does", () => {
+    expect(parse("--limit=-1")).toEqual(parse("--limit", "-1"));
+    expect(parse("--limit=-1").flags.limit).toBe("-1");
+  });
+
+  it("consumes a negative value for an undeclared flag without leaking it", () => {
+    // --offset is not a declared flag, so nothing reads it; the observable
+    // contract is that -2 is neither a positional nor a phantom flag.
+    const spaced = parse("--offset", "-2");
+    expect(spaced.sub).toEqual(base);
+    expect(spaced.extraPositionals).toEqual([]);
+    expect(spaced).toEqual(parse("--offset=-2"));
+  });
+
+  it("keeps a non-numeric dash token as the existing (non-value) behaviour", () => {
+    // `-x` is not a negative number: --limit still receives no value.
+    const { flags, sub } = parse("--limit", "-x");
+    expect(flags.limit).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(sub).toEqual(base);
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    ["--limit -h", "help"],
+    ["--limit -y", "yes"],
+    ["--limit -v", "version"],
+  ])("keeps %s reading the short flag, not a value", (tokens, flag) => {
+    const { flags, sub } = parse(...tokens.split(" "));
+    expect(flags[flag as keyof typeof flags]).toBe(true);
+    expect(flags.limit).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(sub).toEqual(base);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps a bare -1 positional instead of a phantom flag", () => {
+    const { flags, sub } = parse("-1");
+    expect(sub).toEqual([...base, "-1"]);
+    expect(flags).toEqual({});
+  });
+
+  it("never gives a boolean flag a negative value", () => {
+    const { flags, sub } = parse("--json", "-1");
+    expect(flags.json).toBe(true);
+    expect(sub).toEqual([...base, "-1"]);
+  });
+
+  it("does not rewrite tokens after the -- terminator", () => {
+    const { sub } = parse("--", "--limit", "-1");
+    expect(sub).toEqual([...base, "--limit", "-1"]);
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    ["-r -1", "region", "-1"],
+    ["-d -1", "domain", "-1"],
+    ["-p -1", "provider", "-1"],
+  ])("gives the value to the short string alias: %s", (tokens, key, value) => {
+    // Short aliases of string flags must match the long form: the number is
+    // the value, never a placeholder leaking out of the parser.
+    const short = parse(...tokens.split(" "));
+    expect(short.flags[key as keyof typeof short.flags]).toBe(value);
+    expect(short).toEqual(parse(`--${key}`, value));
+  });
+
+  it("keeps -y -1 as the boolean -y with -1 as a positional", () => {
+    const { flags, sub } = parse("-y", "-1");
+    expect(flags.yes).toBe(true);
+    expect(sub).toEqual([...base, "-1"]);
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    [["-r", "-1"]],
+    [["-d", "-1"]],
+    [["-z", "-1"]],
+    [["-yv", "-1"]],
+    [["-1", "-2"]],
+    [["--limit", "-1", "-2"]],
+    [["--json", "-1", "--limit", "-5"]],
+  ])(
+    "never leaks the placeholder into any flag or positional: %j",
+    (tokens) => {
+      const result = parse(...tokens);
+      expect(JSON.stringify(result)).not.toContain("\uE000");
+    }
+  );
+});
@@ -423,6 +423,91 @@ export function resolveNegatableFlag(
   return argv.includes(negatedArg) ? false : undefined;
 }
 
+/**
+ * A negative number (`-1`, `-5`, `-0.5`). mri reads any `-<token>` as a cluster
+ * of short flags, so `--limit -1` lost its value and `-1` became a phantom
+ * flag `1`.
+ */
+const NEGATIVE_NUMBER = /^-\d+(\.\d+)?$/;
+
+/** A long flag name without its value, e.g. `--limit`. */
+const LONG_FLAG_NAME = /^--([a-z][a-z0-9-]*)$/;
+
+/** Private-use prefix marking a protected positional; never a real argument. */
+const PROTECTED_POSITIONAL = "\uE000";
+
+/**
+ * Rewrites argv so mri keeps negative numbers intact, without touching any
+ * real flag. Two cases:
+ *
+ * - `--name -1`, where `--name` is a value flag (not declared boolean, not
+ *   `--no-*`): becomes `--name=-1`, which mri already parses correctly.
+ *   Applies to declared string flags and undeclared ones alike, the same
+ *   tokens mri already treats as values; `-x` or `-h` are not numeric, so
+ *   they keep today's behaviour.
+ * - a bare `-1` anywhere else: swapped for a placeholder so mri files it as a
+ *   positional, and `restore` puts `-1` back in place.
+ *
+ * Everything after `--` is passed through untouched.
+ */
+function protectNegativeNumbers(userArgs: string[]): {
+  argv: string[];
+  restore: (positional: string) => string;
+  restoreFlagValues: (parsed: Record<string, unknown>) => void;
+} {
+  const booleans = new Set<string>([
+    ...BOOLEAN_FLAGS,
+    ...NEGATED_BOOLEANS.map((n) => n.positive),
+  ]);
+  const originals: string[] = [];
+  const argv: string[] = [];
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < userArgs.length; i++) {
+    const token = userArgs[i];
+    if (token === "--") {
+      argv.push(...userArgs.slice(i));
+      break;
+    }
+    const name = LONG_FLAG_NAME.exec(token)?.[1];
+    const next = userArgs[i + 1];
+    if (
+      name !== undefined &&
+      !booleans.has(name) &&
+      !name.startsWith("no-") &&
+      next !== undefined &&
+      NEGATIVE_NUMBER.test(next)
+    ) {
+      argv.push(`${token}=${next}`);
+      i += 1;
+    } else if (NEGATIVE_NUMBER.test(token)) {
+      originals.push(token);
+      argv.push(`${PROTECTED_POSITIONAL}${originals.length - 1}`);
+    } else {
+      argv.push(token);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // A short string flag (`-d -1`) takes the placeholder as its value, since
+  // mri cannot tell that it is not a flag. Put the number back.
+  const restore = (text: string): string =>
+    text.startsWith(PROTECTED_POSITIONAL)
+      ? (originals[Number(text.slice(PROTECTED_POSITIONAL.length))] ?? text)
+      : text;
+
+  return {
+    argv,
+    restore,
+    restoreFlagValues: (parsed) => {
+      for (const key of Object.keys(parsed)) {
+        const value = parsed[key];
+        if (typeof value === "string") {
+          parsed[key] = restore(value);
+        }
+      }
+    },
+  };
+}
+
 /**
  * Parse `process.argv` (including the leading `node` + script entries) into a
  * legacy-compatible `{ flags, sub }` shape.
@@ -440,11 +525,13 @@ export function parseCliArgs(argv: string[]): ParsedCli {
   // Skip the leading `node` + script entries, matching process.argv.slice(2).
   const userArgs = argv.slice(2);
 
-  const parsed = mri<Record<string, unknown>>(userArgs, {
+  const protectedArgs = protectNegativeNumbers(userArgs);
+  const parsed = mri<Record<string, unknown>>(protectedArgs.argv, {
     boolean: [...BOOLEAN_FLAGS, ...NEGATED_BOOLEANS.map((n) => n.positive)],
     string: [...STRING_FLAGS, ...LIST_FLAGS],
     alias: ALIAS,
   });
+  protectedArgs.restoreFlagValues(parsed);
 
   const flags: CliFlags = {};
 
@@ -480,9 +567,11 @@ export function parseCliArgs(argv: string[]): ParsedCli {
     }
   }
 
+  const positionals = (parsed._ as string[]).map(protectedArgs.restore);
+
   return {
     flags,
-    sub: parsed._ as string[],
-    extraPositionals: (parsed._ as string[]).slice(4),
+    sub: positionals,
+    extraPositionals: positionals.slice(4),
   };
 }